Longines Chronoscope
| Longines Chronoscope | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Public affairs |
| Created by | Alan Cartoun |
| Directed by | Alan Cartoun |
| Starring |
William Bradford Huie Larry LeSueur Henry Hazlitt |
| Country of origin |
 United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 15 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS Television |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | 11 June 1951 – April 1955 |
Longines Chronoscope is a TV program, sponsored by Longines watches, that ran on CBS Television from 1951-1955. The series aired Monday nights at 11pm ET to 11:15pm, and expanded to Mon-Wed-Fridays at 11pm ET after the first season. More than 600 episodes were aired, but only 482 survive, and these surviving kinescopes were donated by Longines to the National Archives.[1][2]
The series featured 15-minute episodes with interviews with notable people of the time, including Eleanor Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Henry Wallace, Robert Moses, Richard E. Byrd, Joseph McCarthy, Earl Warren, Arthur Bliss Lane, John V. Beamer and Clare Boothe Luce.[3] The show was hosted by William Bradford Huie, Larry LeSueur, and Henry Hazlitt.[2][3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Longines Chronoscope: 1952 Summer Olympics". C-SPAN. July 29, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
- 1 2 Longines Chronoscope IMDB entry
- 1 2 Shamley, Sarah L. (1990). "Television Interviews, 1951-1955". National Archives Trust Fund Board. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Longines Chronoscope. |
- Longines Chronoscope at IMDB
- Chronoscope interview with Henry Wallace, broadcast 12/28/51, Retrieved September 10, 2013
- Chronoscope interview with Earl Warren, broadcast 4/11/52, Retrieved September 12, 2013
- Chronoscope interview with John F. Kennedy, broadcast 8/22/52, Retrieved September 12, 2013
- Chronoscope interview with Humbert H. Humphrey, broadcast 12/2/53, Retrieved September 12, 2013
- Chronoscope interview with John V. Beamer, broadcast 3/10/1952, Retrieved February 18, 2015
- A film clip "Longines Chronoscope with Arthur Bliss Lane (March 24, 1952)" is available for free download at the Internet Archive
- A film clip "Longines Chronoscope with Arthur Garfield Hays (December 7, 1951)" is available for free download at the Internet Archive
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